Osteomyelitis of temporal bone associated with tonsillar focal infection.
We report here on two cases wherein it is conceivable that the osteomyelitis of the temporal bone was brought on by secondary complications associated with tonsillar focal infection. The main change to the bone was non-specific osteomyelitis. Cryptitis of the tonsils or fibrosis surrounding the blood vessels (onion skin lesion) was characteristic findings in the pathological studies.
Furukawa
M
M
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
Sakashita
H
H
Ohoka
H
H
Kimura
Y
Y
Umeda
R
R
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000150:complications*